I have a SD-CF adapter. It works fine with 5v power. The IDE data/address lines also operate at 5v. They are passed directly to the CF socket. Even if the supply voltage is stepped down the same would still need to be done for the data lines, which the CF adapter doesn't handle. Hard to argue with …

Hello, I was messing with my 1996 laptop - a Pentium 100mhz olidata green751. I was trying to copy some files over from my main pc to the CF card i use as this PC's HDD (with a CF to IDE adapter) but when I got everything ready, it wouldn't turn on. The laptop has a little display under the screen ( …

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Huh, my adapter has no voltage...input? it just looks like a compact flash card but with an sd card slot cut into it. Am I missing something here?

Hello everyone, this is my first post so feel free to tell me if I did anything wrong. Also, forgive me for my English, it's not my first language. I have an IBM Thinkpad T42 from 2003 and an Olidata green751 from 1996. Both are laptop computers. Of course, while the T42 is more modern, has USB, and …